Lowrance electronic X67C User Manual

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Pub. 988-0151-152

Addendum I

X67C IceMachine

Since the manual was written for the X67C, specialized features and accessories have been added to create the X67C IceMachine , a portable color ice fishing sonar. The IceMachine package includes the X67C sonar unit and the PPP-15 portable power pack. The PPP-15 includes a self-leveling ice fishing transducer, a rechargeable battery and a freezeresistant carry bag.

Each X67C unit contains a menu command that allows you to switch the sonar in and out of IceMachine mode. If you purchased a regular X67C package with the Skimmer transom-mount transducer, you can buy the PPP-15 separately. If you purchased an IceMachine package, you can buy a Skimmer transducer separately with mounts for transom, trolling motor or portable suction-cup installations.

These accessory combinations and the unit's digital flashers and scrolling chart display make the X67C the most versatile ice fishing sonar in its class. Owning an X67C is like having two fish finders in one, because it's equally at home on a boat in summer or on the ice in winter.

The main manual, part number 988-0151-062, introduces you to the X67C, and it covers general warm weather operations. Introductory material is only discussed in the main manual. You should be familiar with those basic functions before you head for the ice. A good place to start is the Basic Sonar Operation section, beginning on page 27, or the one-page

Basic Sonar Quick Reference, on page 34.

This addendum covers the basic ice fishing functions and any other operational changes that may have occurred since the manual was published. In addition to the instructions found here, be sure to read the PPP-15 instruction booklet, part number 988-0147-871. It will tell you how to set up the ice fishing power pack and mount the X67C.

Topics discussed in this document include:

Introduction to IceMachine Mode

Your unit now has five pages that display sonar information.

IceMachine Mode Operation

Sensitivity

ColorLine

Battery gauge.

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Sonar Signal Interpretation

Signal band movement means fish.

Signal band color and fish position.

Signal band thickness and fish size.

Ice Flasher Options

Split Zoom display mode

Color Modes.

Scouting Through the Ice

You can hunt for fish before you ever drill a hole by scanning through the ice.

Introduction to IceMachine Mode

Your unit has five pages that display sonar information. In addition to Full Sonar Chart, Split Zoom Sonar Chart, Digital Data and Flasher, there is the Ice Flasher. This new page is only visible in IceMachine Mode. You can tell at a glance which mode you are in because the battery gauge only appears in the lower right corner of the Ice Flasher page.

Ice Flasher page, left, and normal Flasher page, right.

The ice mode differs from normal mode in two ways. First, the unit changes how it filters incoming sonar echoes. This helps reduce some of the surface clutter that can be picked up from the zone where the water surface meets the bottom of the ice.

Second, the Ice Flasher defaults to a special IceView color mode with fewer, higher-contrast colors than normal mode. This simplified color scheme makes it easier to "see" and interpret a fish signal when it appears on the flasher screen.

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The Split Zoom and Sonar Chart pages share the same settings. The chart pages, the Flasher and Ice Flasher pages each have their own independent controls for Sensitivity, ColorLine and sonar color mode. For example, if you make any Sensitivity changes to the sonar chart page, the sensitivity settings for the Flasher and Ice Flasher are unchanged. Each of these settings are saved when you turn the unit off, so you can keep your favorite settings for each operating mode.

Remember, no matter what changes you make to the various settings, you can always restore the factory defaults by using the Reset Options command, which is described on page 55 in the manual.

IceMachine Mode Operation

To turn on the X67C, press and release the MENU key. (This is actually the Menu/Power key, but in the text we just refer to it as the "Menu" key for short.) The Backlight control will appear for five seconds and then automatically clear. You can adjust it with the and buttons, or clear it immediately by pressing the EXIT button.

At left, X67C IceMachine opening screen, showing the Full Sonar Chart Page. The Backlight Level control bar automatically disappears after five seconds. At right, the Full Sonar Chart is shown.

You access the various page displays by pressing the ENT/PAGES key. As you press this key, the unit cycles through the page options. To return to a previous page, simply press ENT repeatedly until the desired page appears again. (It serves multiple functions, but we'll refer to this key in the text as simply the ENT key.)

NOTE:

We use a type of "menu shorthand" to describe how to work your sonar. To understand our typographical and instruction conventions, see the segment How to Use this Manual on pages 3-4 in the X67 manual.

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To enter the IceMachine mode:

1.From the Full Chart Sonar page, press ENT|ENT|ENT to switch to the normal Flasher page.

2.Press MENU|to ICEMACHINE MODE|ENT|EXIT and the Ice Flasher appears. (To leave IceMachine mode and return to normal operation, just repeat step 2.)

Flasher Page Menu, with IceMachine Mode command highlighted but turned off (box not checked).

The following figure shows the various components of the Ice Flasher page display.

Bottom ColorLine shows hard bottom

Surface signal

Temperature

Surface clutter Bottom Signal signal

indicator

Small fish or bait signals

Digital Depth

Depth Range Scale

Bigger fish signal at 15 feet.

Battery capacity

Sensitivity gauge Control Bar

Echo Strength

Color Scale

Ice Flasher page.

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